sika-
Finnish
Etymology
sika (“pig, swine”), probably through words like sikaruma (“very ugly”, literally “pig-ugly”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsikɑ/, [ˈs̠ikɑ]
Prefix
sika-
- (colloquial, dialectal, Helsinki) extremely, totally, very, really (used as an intensifier in compound terms)
- Se on sikahyvä. ― That's awesome.